Title: "Light on the Negro Problem," - in Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. IV, No. 4 Author: ** Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: The Association Date: July, 1900 Description: Pp. 262-266 in Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. IV, No. 4. (8vo), original wrappers. An anonymously-written review of three books, two of them, concerning Blacks in the South, “favorable to the future of the Negro”, while from the third – W.E.B. Du Bois’ Philadelphia Negro – “the gloomiest forebodings can be drawn”. The Southern History Association was a white group, including Princeton Professor Woodrow Wilson among its guiding lights, which represented so-called “New South” thought, a sharp departure from the virulent racist rhetoric of the day. This review contrasts the upbeat tone of two pamphlets on Negro advancement in the South with the Du Bois book, which portrays a thriving Philadelphia Black elite within a larger Black community plagued by disease, male desertion, crime, poverty and economic decline, all symptomatic of “race prejudice…just as bitter in Philadelphia as in any southern city.” Most significant about this review is its early praise for Dr. Du Bois’ first major academic study at Atlanta University – marked by “elaborate research…a most scholarly investigation, actuated by the scientific passion for truth…” The review, incidentally, neglects to mention that Du Bois was himself African-American. Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers lightly chipped at edges, much of spine lacking from chipping; very good. Item number: 231378
Title: "Light on the Negro Problem," - in Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. IV, No. 4 Author: ** Place: Washington, D.C. Publisher: The Association Date: July, 1900 Description: Pp. 262-266 in Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. IV, No. 4. (8vo), original wrappers. An anonymously-written review of three books, two of them, concerning Blacks in the South, “favorable to the future of the Negro”, while from the third – W.E.B. Du Bois’ Philadelphia Negro – “the gloomiest forebodings can be drawn”. The Southern History Association was a white group, including Princeton Professor Woodrow Wilson among its guiding lights, which represented so-called “New South” thought, a sharp departure from the virulent racist rhetoric of the day. This review contrasts the upbeat tone of two pamphlets on Negro advancement in the South with the Du Bois book, which portrays a thriving Philadelphia Black elite within a larger Black community plagued by disease, male desertion, crime, poverty and economic decline, all symptomatic of “race prejudice…just as bitter in Philadelphia as in any southern city.” Most significant about this review is its early praise for Dr. Du Bois’ first major academic study at Atlanta University – marked by “elaborate research…a most scholarly investigation, actuated by the scientific passion for truth…” The review, incidentally, neglects to mention that Du Bois was himself African-American. Lot Amendments Condition: Wrappers lightly chipped at edges, much of spine lacking from chipping; very good. Item number: 231378
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